[Textfield] multiline: correct cursor positioning on click in padding-area
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scope: text field
type: enhancement
- Dominant language
- JavaScript
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Description
- The issue is present in the latest release.
- I have searched the issues of this repository and believe that this is not a duplicate.
Current Behavior 😯
When clicking the padding-area, the cursor jumps to the last known cursor position
Expected Behavior 🤔
When clicking the padding-area, the cursor jumps to the nearest position like it does for single-line textfields
Your Environment 🌎
can be reproduced on demo site with e.g. Firefox 81
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Research direction
Reproduce the multiline TextField behavior on the demo site in Firefox 81, comparing clicks in the padding area with the single-line example. Trace the TextField cursor-positioning behavior and verify that padding-area clicks place the cursor at the nearest position rather than the last known position.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, react
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100